|
| Author |
Message |
hammerite
Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Posts: 1103
 |
 Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 1:40 pm |
I think I was 4 when I was diagnosed with having asthma. To be honest I don't let it affect me, it used to p*ss me off when other kids at school pemanently used asthma as an excuse not to do PE..... anyway I'm now in my 30's......
Like some of the others I use Simbicort daily, and I always carry my salbutamol (ventolin) inhaler with me just in case. I rarely need to use it, but usually have a puff before a run or a ride just in case.
My breathing is generally OK, the only times I have particular difficulty is when I have a cold or recovering from a cold, hayfever season, August when there are a lot of mould spores flying about, or if it's thunder stormy - dunno why might be change in atmospheric pressure.
If you can keep it under control there's no reason for it to stop you from doing anything.
|
|
|
keef66
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
Posts: 1043
Location: Noomarket, deepest Suffolk
|
Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:55 pm |
I don't think it sounds like asthma. Your comment about feeling OK once you've coughed up the phlegm sounds much more like an infection or the aftermath of one.
Couple of jobs ago our secretary was treated as an asthmatic for 18 months before being diagnosed with T.B. 
|
|
|
The Mechanic
Joined: 28 May 2004
Posts: 938
Location: Aberdeen
|
Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 5:09 pm |
I have had asthma all my life. I have raced and run competetively in my younger days and run half marathons and now audax. I usually take a couple of puffs of ventolin before I start out on hte bike but still get wheezy for the first 15-20 minutes. After that I tend to settle and, apart from normal out of breath due to steep hills etc, it doesn't bother me. I have always had the philosophy that I won't let it change my life. It has work so far.
I take the above mentioned ventolin when needed, Q-Var inhaler night and morning - that is a preventative and Singulair tab once a day. Seems to work.
When I was very young I had it really bad but never got any treatment - but that's another story.
I have only two things to say to that; Bo***cks |
|
|
muchalls
Joined: 28 May 2009
Posts: 40
Location: Bay of Islands, NZ
|
Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:18 pm |
Adrenaline is indeed a bronchodilator: acts like a reliever to open the airways.
|
|
|
ris
Joined: 22 Jun 2008
Posts: 246
Location: chippenham, wilts
|
Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:58 pm |
like a lot of the previous posters i have been a mild asthmatic since i was a child. i am currently using seretide am/pm and ventolin as and when (rarely, these days). i think regular cycling has been to the benefit of my symptoms, in general.
i have found that swimming and yoga have also had a great benficial effect on my symptoms. swimming is allegedly good for lung capacity, although i know of some asthmatics who have problems with chlorine.
yoga has been the biggest help though, in helping me to work on slowing and calming my breathing, relaxing muscles in the chest, torso and diagphram; and breathing in different areas of my lungs.
i know a place where no cars go
no cars, go! |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|
Search
